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Minnesota's Mbakwe named Big 10 Player of the Week

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota's Trevor Mbakwe is the Big Ten's winner of the latest Player of the Week award.

Mbakwe had a season-high 21 points and 12 rebounds last Tuesday in Minnesota's victory over Indiana, then the top-ranked team in The Associated Press poll. Mbakwe followed that up with 13 points and 13 rebounds in Saturday's win over Penn State.